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I wonder why Virginia Tech is no longer being considered by him? Maybe Beamer has told players his exit date? Either way, hope we get him. Every single top notch recruit we let leave the Lowcountry has made it to the NFL - Green, Dunlap, Quinn, etc.

VaTech has some serious problems on offense. Their spring game was a couple of weeks ago and their offense didn't score. That makes me feel happy. Tech is to Va as taters are to SC.

Well, we decided to run the Hull conundrum through full cycle and he's graduating after this season, so we are in real need of a punter. Hopefully this cycle we'll find a quality punter who can kick more than 37 yards.

__________________"to be honest with you, if you just graded it out, we won in every phase of the game,” Swinney said. “We lost on the scoreboard."
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not sure what you mean? He said in the articles when SC finally offered he felt hurt it took so long

Good. I'm glad he is disappointed. That is good news for our program. Shows that having guys like Clowney and Ingram are paying off for us to have so much interest at the DE position. But he has his offer now so it should be all good. You know what would be impressive? If he stops his pouting and goes right ahead and pulls the trigger. Would show maturity. He probably should go ahead and commit right away if he doesn't want to miss the boat.

Good. I'm glad he is disappointed. That is good news for our program. Shows that having guys like Clowney and Ingram are paying off for us to have so much interest at the DE position. But he has his offer now so it should be all good. You know what would be impressive? If he stops his pouting and goes right ahead and pulls the trigger. Would show maturity. He probably should go ahead and commit right away if he doesn't want to miss the boat.

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I am extremely serious. One of the top players in the country from the the state of SC is upset that he is down a ways on our coaches list? That's not luxury we are used to around here. It's awesome.

We lose quite a few players from Georgia and Florida when the home state schools finally show up to the dance with an offer., usually when players higher on their boards commit elsewhere. Those players are not offended that their home state team offers late and in more cases than not, the player is so excited that the home state finally offered them. In fact the home state team then, almost always, becomes a factor in the players' recruitment.

Which school would you have considered more if they had offered earlier? “Definitely Georgia. They offered me on signing day last year (during my junior year). I felt like if they had offered me earlier, it could’ve been different. It would’ve been a way harder decision. Georgia and Alabama were two of my favorite schools going into the process. And I just felt like Georgia was offering out-of-state kids before the in-state kids

Which school would you have considered more if they had offered earlier? “Definitely Georgia. They offered me on signing day last year (during my junior year). I felt like if they had offered me earlier, it could’ve been different. It would’ve been a way harder decision. Georgia and Alabama were two of my favorite schools going into the process. And I just felt like Georgia was offering out-of-state kids before the in-state kids

See any similarities?

Yep? So? You worried about Georgia? They're doing just fine in recruiting.
Apparently they went after guys higher on their list first as they should. When you are talking about high tier teams, the instate kids don't get as much preferential treatment as they usually do. It's just part of the recruiting landscape.

I have no idea how you came to the conclusion I'm worried about UGA. I have no idea how you come to numerous bizarre conclusions you come up with including how having a highly rated DE in our own State who has very little interest in our program is a good thing. You do know that one of the guys ahead of Barnette was Rivers, right? Well he's gone & nobody believes he's coming back.

I'm not worried about Barnette & believe we've got some highly rated guys committed as this time. Don't see a flyer on the list. I'm just not so ignorant as to believe it is a good thing that our coaches were recruiting him & he has no interest. That's batxxxx crazy. Our coaches clearly feel he could help us, otherwise they wouldn't not only recruit but offer an in-state prospect.

Then again, I responding to a guy that believes the head football coach meeting & speaking to prospects considering his program he is a waste of time. A guy that knows exactly the reasons why anybody who wants to meet Spurrier wants to do so, even though he doesn't know the person or Spurrier.

I look forward to your next incredibly asinine statement. I'm fairly certain it will be a short wait.

BTW thanks for telling me about the recruiting landscape, I was buying PK's newsletter at Capital Newsstand, as were others on this site, before the better part of you was dribbling down somebody's leg.

It doesn't matter if he's a highly rated DE in our own state. We can't pick up 5 highly rated DEs. We need to pick up a few and move on to another position. We already have the highest rated DE from our state.

Right now we've got 1 DE committed in this class & 1 JUCO who might, or might not, make it in. They offered Barnette for a reason. The reason I mentioned he's an in-state guy is because once you put that offer out it's very bad business to slow play or not make good on the offer. They had to be prepared to take him.